Meanings
nounphlebectomy (plural phlebectomies)
plural phlebectomies
- medicineThe removal of a vein, especially of a varicose vein
The working group recommends simultaneously carrying out ambulatory phlebectomy with RFA.
2014 December 31, Jin Hyun Joh et al., “Consensus for the Treatment of Varicose Vein with Radiofrequency Ablation”, in Vascular Specialist International, volume 30, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with phlebectomy
hysterectomymastectomyvasectomyprostatectomycholecystectomynephrectomyendarterectomysplenectomylumpectomytonsillectomygastrectomyappendectomyhepatectomyoophorectomyvitrectomythyroidectomyadrenalectomylaminectomydiscectomystapedectomycolectomylobectomycystectomyovariectomy
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